the inhabitants of said county. That business does not naturally draw towards that point, and that it is an onorous tax upon the inhabitants of the county to be obliged to go there to do their county business. That Corunna, where it is now located, is not, and never has been a flourishing place of business. As proof of this fact, they make the following statement:

The seat of justice has been located at Corunna thirteen years; that county polls nine hundred votes, and that the village of Corunna and the town in which it is situated, aided by the county seat for thirteen years, only polls one hundred of that number. They believe another such instance cannot be found in the state of Michigan.

They further set forth that Corunna is not and cannot be, from its situation and its limited water power, a good market for the products of the county. The line of travel and general thoroughfare through the county is from five to eight miles south upon the Grand river road. That those wishing to do business at the county seat are obliged to go so much out of the way.

They say that the subject of the county seat has been a scource of irritation and discord, from its location to the present time, and they firmly believe that the people of the county will never be satisfied until it is vacated and re-located, and that this difficulty has greatly hindered the settlement and prosperity of the county.

As an evidence of the feeling heretofore upon this subject, the petitioners presented to your committee, petitions presented to the legislature in 1841, when they say every voter in the county was called upon, and their signatures obtained, either for or against vacation, from which it appears that at that time there were four hundred and twenty-one for and one hundred and nineteen against it..

Your committee, upon an examinaçion of the petitions for and against vacation, which were referred to them, find a very large majority in favor of vacation and re-location of the county seat..

If, as a general rule, the will of the majority, when fairly expressed, should govern, your committee can see no good reason why this case should be an exception, and therefore report the following bill.

The bill to vacate the seat of justice of Shiawassee county, and for other purposes, was read twice, ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Flower, from the same committee, to whom was referred the

bill to amend an act, approved March 19, 1838, vacating a portion of the village plat of Otsego, reported the same back without amendment, and recommended its passage, which report was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject, and the bill was ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. J. W. Turner, from the cemmittee on banks and incorporations, reported a bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Jackson and Michigan plank road company, which was read twice, ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order.

Mr. Coe, from the committee on the judiciary, reported a bill to require the county treasurers to cancel and adjust certain sales of lands for taxes, which was read twice, ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. H. H. Comstock, from the committee of conference on the part of the House, on the disagreement between the two Houses on the bill to incorporate the Siskoweit mining company of Michigan, reported that the committee had agreed to recommend to the House to recede from their first amendment to the bill, and that the Senate concur in the fifth amendment thereto, which report was accepted and the committee discharged.

The House then receded from the first amendment of the bill.
The following message was received from the Senate:

SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, March 9, 1849.5

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

SIR: I am instructed to transmit herewith a bill to extend the corporate limits of the village of Kalamazoo, which the Senate have passed, and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked.

I am further instructed to respectfully inform you that the Senate have concurred in the amendments of the House to a bill relative to the costs of proceedings in criminal cases, and have ordered the same as amended to be enrolled.

Respectfully, &c.,

W. L. BANCROFT,

Secretary of the Senate.

The Senate bill to extend the corporate limits of the village of Kalamazoo, was read twice and referred to the committee on banks and incorporations.

Mr. Ingersoll moved a reconsideration of the vete by which the memorial of Charles G. Hammond was ordered to be printed, which motion was decided in the negative, by the following vote:

Mr. Parkhurst,
Salyer,

J. W. Turner,

YEAS.

Mr. H. H. Comstock gave notice that he would on some future day ask leave to introduce a joint resolution relative to the appointment of a committee to sit and examine accounts, vouchers and other records, in the offices of the state Treasurer and Auditor General, since the year 1842.

Mr. O'Malley, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill authorizing the librarian to cause to be bound the illustrated dramatic works of Shakspeare, and for other purposes, which was read twice and referred to the committee on the state library.

Mr. Kilborn, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill to legalize notices given in pursuance of stipulations in the sale of real estate, and other property; which was read twice, and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Lovell, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend an act to authorize the supervisors of the county of Kent to construct a

canal and locks around the rapids of Grand river, at Grand Rapids, approved February 20, 1847, and the acts amendatory thereto, approved January 29, 1848, and March 28, 1848, approved January 25, 1849; which was read twice and referred to the committee on internal improvement.

Mr. J. W. Turner moved that the action of the twenty-seventh rule be suspended; which motion was lost.

Mr. Lockwood gave notice that he would on some future day ask leave to introduce a bill to provide for laying out a state road from the village of Howell, in the county of Livingston, to the village of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, and for the appropriation of certain non-resident highway taxes thereon.

On motion of Mr. H. H. Comstock,

The bill to organize certain townships, and for other purposes, was taken from the table.

On motion of Mr. Andrews,

The first section of the bill was amended by inserting the words "Pine Grove" in the blank in the eighth line.

The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, and the engrossment having been dispensed with, it was placed on the order of bills for a third reading.

Mr. G. B. Turner moved that the memorial of Charles G. Hammond be taken from the table and referred to a proper standing committee of this House, and that the printing of said memorial be dispensed with.

Mr. Hawley moved to amend the motion by striking out all after the word "House,"

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Fox,

The original motion was laid on the table.

Mr. Salyer, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill to authorize Esther Tuthill to convey certain rea estate, which was read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Chamberlain, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a joint resolution relative to the appointment of a committee to sit and examine accounts, vouchers and other records în the offices of the State Treasurer, Auditor General and commissioner

of the state land office and the office of the agent of the state prison, since the year 1840, which was read twice and referred to the com- . mittee on state affairs.

On motion of Mr. Hawley,

The following resolution, offered February 14, was taken from the table, viz:

Resolved, That this House will receive no more business after the second Wednesday of March, and all standing committees shall make their reports before that time.

And the question, being on the motion of Mr. Hawley, to strike out all after the word "resolved", and insert "that after the first day of March next no more reports from standing or select committees be received by this House," the motion was amended by striking out the word "first" and inserting "twentieth."

The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution as amended was then adopted.

Mr. J. W. Turner moved that the memorial of Charles G. Hammond be laid on the table until after the motion of reference is disposed of.

Mr. Hawley moved that the motion be laid on the table, which mo, tion was lost.

Mr. Pennoyer moved that the further consideration of the motion be indefinitely postponed, which motion was decided in the negative, by the following vote: